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Nitzan-Tamar, Ortal; Kohen, Zehavit – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields are in high demand for qualified personnel worldwide, yet drop-out rates of a career path in STEM occur at various points in lifespan. Based on a big-data analysis of 534,590 records retrieved from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics for several points in time over one and a half…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, STEM Education, Foreign Countries, Supply and Demand
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Gal-Ezer, Judith; Vilner, Tamar; Zur, Ela – Computer Science Education, 2008
Computer science is possibly one of the few remaining disciplines almost entirely dominated by men, especially university staff and in the hi-tech industries. This phenomenon prevails throughout the western world; in Israel it starts in high school, where only 30% of students who choose to take computer science as an elective are women, and…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Science Achievement, Females, Computer Science Education